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The Hundred men’s competition, Sophia GardensSouthern Brave 115-8 (100 balls): Stoinis 55 (39); Cook 3-14Welsh Fire 116-4 (95 balls): Short 60* (41); Archer 2-19Welsh Fire won by six wickets Scorecard. TableWelsh Fire claimed their fourth win in five matches in this season’s Hundred as a well-crafted half-century from Matt Short helped them defeat Southern Brave by six wickets in Cardiff.Chasing 116, the home side lost captain Phil Salt early but a 56-run stand between Joe Root and Short provided them the platform to win on a tricky surface at Sophia Gardens. Chris Jordan dismissed Root for 17 before Rachin Ravindra…

The Super Furry Animals found fame in 1996 after the release of their album English-language Fuzzy Logic, grabbing headlines for their unusual promotional tactics, including giant inflatable bears.Front man Gruff Rhys said: “Our 50 foot high inflatable bears have a long standing relationship with Cwmbran having been patched up there from many punctures over the last thirty years.”The bears were very keen to repay the favour and this beautiful football kit was born.”Matt said Manchester-based punk band Loose Articles were the first band to come on board, as the drummer’s mum lives in Cwmbran, as well as Welsh band Panic…

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) By Henry Umoru Crisis rocking the leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has taken a new twist as a faction of the party has petitioned the National Peace Committee to urgently intervene over what it termed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s refusal to recognise its authentic candidates and release the nomination portal access code required for the upload of their particulars ahead of the forthcoming general election. With this development, this has heightened its battle with INEC. The party, which has already threatened legal action against INEC, has however,…

Several people with no apparent connection to the Nolan Wells case have been criminally charged with making threats amid questions surrounding the Mississippi teenager’s death in July.The death of the 18-year-old Mississippi college freshman has drawn widespread attention since he was found dead following a boat trip to Horn Island, several miles off the Mississippi Gulf coast, with a group of friends.Wells’s death has also heightened racial tensions: Wells was Black and three friends he was with were white. The case has prompted speculation on social media, with users questioning whether Wells’s death could have been racially motivated, as well…

Arsenal are reportedly considering a €150 million move for Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior as manager Mikel Arteta looks to land one of the biggest signings of the summer transfer window. The Gunners have identified the Brazil international as their priority target after missing out on England star Morgan Rogers, who joined Chelsea in a £117 million deal from Aston Villa. Read Also: Real Madrid issue Vinicius Junior contract ultimatum amid extension deadlock Arsenal prepare blockbuster bid According to Sport, Arsenal are willing to make an offer worth around €150 million but remain reluctant to meet Real Madrid’s reported €170…

A SpaceX rocket that has been drifting in space for a year and a half is set to crash into the moon on Wednesday, stirring up a debris cloud that could be visible from Earth. The impact raises questions on the future of lunar exploration, including how to protect any future moon bases from space junk.The rocket set for moon impact is the upper stage of a Falcon 9 that transported a pair of lunar landers. While the landers successfully reached the surface, the rocket was left adrift since it did not have enough fuel to return to Earth or…

NewsFeedBomb disposal operations are continuing in Le Porge, France, to enable residents to return to the village, after the Gironde wildfire revealed the presence of shells dating from World War II.Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

According to Bishop, most people involved in review mills are seeking to boost their citation numbers. These guide university decisions around hiring, promotions and tenure, and influence university rankings and funding decisions. The more that citation numbers are used as a metric of academic success, “the more people will try to game the citations”, she says. Evidence for this comes from the observation that some people who provide duplicate reports are also habitual self-citers. Fabian Wittmers, a marine biologist and science sleuth at Oregon State University in Corvallis, mentions the engineer Rabiul Awual as one example of this phenomenon. Wittmers…

NFL NationAug 3, 2026, 06:00 AM ETCloseNFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season.Multiple AuthorsNFL training camps are off and running, and the 2026 season is right around the corner. While they work all the early practices, our NFL Nation reporters log their daily observations.One of the biggest storylines throughout every camp is that players are battling for positions on the depth chart. Players spend camp making their cases to be included on the…

Prime Video has ordered its first multi-camera comedy series from someone who knows the format extremely well. The Amazon-owned streamer has picked up DINKS from Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman and Hannah K.S. Canter. Amazon MGM Studios, Lionsgate Television, Kauffman and Canter’s Okay Goodnight and Publicis Media Content Innovation, the ad giant’s entertainment arm, are producing the series, which will be heavily improvised. June Diane Raphael (Elle) and Paul Scheer (Black Monday), improv veterans and a real-life married couple, will star in DINKS (an acronym for Double Income, No Kids). Jon Gabrus is also a series regular. “I’ve always said I…